Bilal ra The Abyssinian English,
A society is doomed to failure when it is based on ignorance and anarchy. This fact becomes more apparent when people are void of moral conduct and racial tension is high. In a society like this, the strong will oppress the weak and the rich will exploit the poor. Under circumstances such as these,
Prophet Muhammad ρ1 came forth to mankind with the Message of Islam. It spread rapidly. At first, many rejected it and tried their best to stop it from spreading. Oppressors knew quite well that this meant an end to their reigns over the general population. Islam, the Message of God, frees the soul and mind from being enslaved to any individual.
story of Bilal, the model of faith and forbearance; Bilal, the calm, the resolute; Bilal, the companion of the Holy Prophet (p); Bilal, the bane of Bani Jumah and Umayyah ibn Khalaf; Bilal, whom Dr. al-Sheha
reminds us, “honored not only Islam, but all humanity.” And of Bilal the Abyssinian – One Light, Many Colors
whom ‘Umar ibn al-Khattab (r), when speaking of Abu Bakr, Sheikh al-Sheha further discloses, would say, “Abu Bakr is our master and the emancipator of our master.” These sentiments, among countless others affirming and reaffirming them, conferring the title of “Master” on a former slave, cast the notion of equality—in cellular form—within the Muslim ummah. So that Islam, unlike other world religions, has not
suffered the divisive contradiction of segregated worship, as is clearly witnessed daily in masajid, or mosques worldwide, where the ranks of prayerful believers assemble without regard to “race,” class or caste. Or where the annual hajj, or pilgrimage to the Muslim holy sites, the largest annual pilgrimage in the
world, is a viable, vital testimony to the strength, the beauty of Muslim equality, unity and faith.
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